BRIDING

Verb

briding

present participle of bride

Anagrams

• birding

Source: Wiktionary


BRIDE

Bride, n. Etym: [OE. bride, brid, brude, brud, burd, AS. br; akin to OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a married person.]

1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. Lyttleton. I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. Rev. xxi. 9.

2. Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.

Bride, v. t.

Definition: To make a bride of. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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